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So it's not possible to do it automatically, but it would be easy to do it manually. You talked of something trustless, right? The real problem is that you'll have to very convincing to make strangers give you money. Very, very convincing...
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The UK is doomed, no doubt about that, and I don't think anyone non British will regret it. I certainly won't. The Brits have always been butchers. They've killed tens of thousands of Scots, Irish, French, Spaniards, Germans, Argentinians... I can't think of a single country which has been at war with the British at some point.
Note that all the famous British brands (Jaguar, Bentley...) already belong to non British owners.
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NOTE to people discovering this topic: I went to see my dentist, and I explained his answer to my proposal about 6 weeks ago. So please check my posts. i'll see him again next year, maybe things will have changed.
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This is good, no doubt about it. Sadly, the guy is from Lithuania. Hardly a leading European country. The effect would be 100 times greater if he was German, but maybe some colleagues from larger countries were listening. Maybe...
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I've wondered that many times, always getting to the conclusion that it's impossible to know. I don't know how many addresses I'm having right now, and I forgot how many wallets I've had trying different client over the years. So the answer cannot be found in the blockchain, and you can't find it by adding the number of customers of all exchanges: I have an account at 3 different exchanges!
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It has always been very difficult to get reliable data from China, regarding anything economy-related. It's the same with sales of luxury goods. China has always been good at faking things. One emperor had a fake army, some centuries ago.
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It takes a very substantial sum of money to launch an exchange. Marketing costs, beefing up security of the servers... It doesn't change things much to add the purchase of, say 50 BTC, from another exchange to begin operations.
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"Creating criminals" that's an old one. Some right wing activists did it, pushing up crime, and most important fear of crime, to convince voters they are badly needed to restore order. Most often though, artificial creation of criminals isn't required. Crime just happen.
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Government? What government, the biggest gold markets are India and China, I have no information regarding those governments doing something regarding the value of gold. Some traders in Wall Street or London are more likely to play with the market, but there's little indication some government is behind them. Greed is most likely their only motivation.
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It's difficult to talk about India as a single homogeneous country. I believe there are millionaires in India than in any European country, but there are also millions of Indians without electricity. There are also many Indian villages where streets have no names. Not ideal for receiving anything by mail... But the middle class is growing.
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I'm afraid there would be riots in every big American city if trump wins presidency.
good. riots are better recruiters than people like me posting shit on politics forums that only people who agree with me or strongly disagree and will never change their minds until their daughter is raped by a group of muslims will read. average joe needs to get affected by something to jolt him into action. by rioting and committing their crimes out in the open the undesirables identify themselves as threats to the rest of the population and solidify popular opinion behind trump's popular nationalism. black lives matter vandals and illegal aliens are easy to suppress and a few broken windows are far preferable to the current death by slow poisoning that goes unnoticed until the final moment when its too late to do anything about it. I don't think the riots would come from minorities. I've seen a few pics of people demonstrating against Trump, and they weren't dark-skinned hoodlums. They looked like pretty good Americans to me. They were leftists for sure, but they were not muslim immigrants fresh from the boat. The riots I'm fearing would be more like some kind of a civil war. |
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Is this important to have 5-seconds confirmation time?
I guess it is if you're interested in online strip-teases, but it doesn't matter much if you use BTC to pay for a flight ticket or to order a laptop. The seller will need much more than the standard 10 minutes confirmation time to fulfill your order, so BTC's fine.
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Why do you think it's a failure? The fact that we don't have any press release explaining that the company is making millions doesn't prove it has failed. Let just says that there are many exchanges out there, and that Gemini isn't different enough from the others, besides its rich backers.
You may also look at BTC as a whole which remains far from its $1,000 record of 2014.
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You can not compare a third world persons plight with some one in a Country like the States and say they are happy making peanuts. They are not happy,its just what life offers them and the only way to change that is leaving that Country for a better future. You should talk to more people that migrated for a better life and you might understand the issues with people making barely enough to survive.
I don't need to talk to anyone, as I'm an immigrant. Fully undocumented, and proud to be so. I don't have the right to work, nor to have a bank account in the country I'm staying (not planning to stay long, though), and yet I live! I guess I could get the right to work, but I'm not interested. Better be illegal so I don't have to pay tax. There are some areas of this conversation that seem to be branching off topic and not sure if the "I dont need to talk to anyone" is in reference to me or that you answer to no one because you are illegal! Wanted to get to the meat of why you think people are happy barely getting by but I guess you do not want to address this aspect. The part about you being illegal does nothing to validate the stance imo because you can be a illegal in many areas of the world and still have a better life than the Countries you referenced in the first reply. The reply to Saddmapbuh is interesting though,I think there is a drive to make borders less of a factor and remember a group in my neck of the woods called "No one Is Illegal" and they tended to be the same people that where in the environmental movement. The irony was a lot of them where on welfare so they could bus around and protest all day long and have these sit ins. That movement has disappeared from my radar though because I think the public is very strong on protecting what is theirs and not being overrun with cheaper labour. Protectionism is very high and racism usually follows at times like that as well as people look to blame other groups for the state of things. Europe has done some what of a job of deleting these borders but at the same time you have the U.K making Canada and USA requirements to carry visas in the future. Maybe a little push back,will have to see. @Evildrum Yes, I was talking to you as you suggested I should talk to people who migrated, well I did. So I know very well my motivations, and those of most migrants. I've seen French people complaining they were barely making enough to survive because they were only getting minimum wage, and I've seen Hungarian people who were happier with a minimum wage which is a third of France... The "No Borders" movement is still active in Calais, France, to help Afghans, Syrians and other people cross the channel. There are also quite many local people volunteering by giving food or providing various kind of help. I've been in Calais, I've seen all that, and I was very surprised. It's too late. Borders are paper walls which will totally disappear within a few years. Somehow yet, I agree with you. You should blame all the politicians from the past 50 years, but concort yourself wih the idea that people are not exchangeable. You cannot just replace a British butler with a Somalian one, and that goes for most low-paying jobs.
politicians can't defy the popular will indefinitely, sooner or later there is going to be a backlash and the traitors will be held to account, if trump and brexit fall through things maybe have to get a little worse and then it will be something else but it will happen I'm afraid there would be riots in every big American city if trump wins presidency. |
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Yes, there are huge differences between countries, but the US and Canada are very similar in my eyes. There's much more difference between the US and Mexico. It just happens that the leader of Canada is a young guy, but it hasn't always been like that.
I guess the interview was planned. The guy knew the politician was good on this subject before asking his question.
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Yes, and so does facebook. You have to block their cookies individually.
Block all cookies from:
google.com
google.de
google.es
google.fr
google.it
...
Add top domain level from every country where you travel.
Block also
googleadservices.com
facebook.com
twitter.com
And you should be quite safe. You may also use Tor.
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So what's wrong? Ive never understood how some people have the belief that men are a superior species, with the right to everything they please on the planet, and that they should be entitled to a nice house, a beautiful car, and a good standard of living. If the people shown in that documentary don't like their lives, they're millions who are willing to exchange their lives with them. In Bulgaria, minimum wage is $300 per month. In Ethiopia, there's no such thing as minimum wage, but people are happy to work 48 hours per week to get $100 at the end of the month, and they live in a place that a American wouldn't call a house, without running water.
How about India? I guess it's the country where the economical divide is the largest.
When you say men are you meaning both sexes because I do not understand the point if you are selecting a sex to drive the point. Will presume you mean humans unless you address that part. You can not compare a third world persons plight with some one in a Country like the States and say they are happy making peanuts. They are not happy,its just what life offers them and the only way to change that is leaving that Country for a better future. You should talk to more people that migrated for a better life and you might understand the issues with people making barely enough to survive. Its actually kind of gross to think that we should all be happy with that kind of exsistence. Maybe you can clarify this view point as it does seem quite unique. I don't need to talk to anyone, as I'm an immigrant. Fully undocumented, and proud to be so. I don't have the right to work, nor to have a bank account in the country I'm staying (not planning to stay long, though), and yet I live! I guess I could get the right to work, but I'm not interested. Better be illegal so I don't have to pay tax. its easy for people with degrees and high paying jobs to make these sorts of comments. has it occurred to you that workers in developed countries don't want to compete with desperate third worlders who are willing to work for a place to sleep and a protein deficient diet that barely keeps them alive? our ancestors didn't sacrifice for hundreds of years to build up our countries so that everything could be shut down within a generation and outsourced to the third world so some kike shareholder can add another zero to his bank balance. cheap imports must be blocked and unskilled immigrants must be expelled.
It's too late. Borders are paper walls which will totally disappear within a few years. Somehow yet, I agree with you. You should blame all the politicians from the past 50 years, but concort yourself wih the idea that people are not exchangeable. You cannot just replace a British butler with a Somalian one, and that goes for most low-paying jobs. |
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There's some logic here. If everybody was having a well-paid job, living in a large, posh house and driving a fancy car, nobody would want that to change, and nobody would think about a revolution. Revolutions are made by people in despair, not rich folks living in velvet.
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Welfare parasites? I like the idea but I don't see how anyone on welfare isn't a parasite. We shall put an end to all welfare programs, then we'll see if there will as many refugees coming. Borders would suddenly become useless. Only the adventurous would move abroad, and those people (yes, I'm one of them) have never needed welfare.
yeah....without welfare, borders would suddenly become useless...a true nugget of wisdom.... How about you tell that to all the tax dodgers uncovered by the Panama papers, they're the true welfare parasites. Hey, think that if there were no welfare, they would be much, much less tax. So there would no need to to put your money abroad. Tax dodgers? They are heroes trying to save some money from the oppressive hands of Big Brother regimes like there is in the UK or Russia. Less social assistance means more crime as people look for ways to survive. You seem to think there is a tax free way to go about life where every one flourishes. Its just not that simple to turn your back on people in need and quite often those that are in need are people you would not suspect around you. Unless you live behind a gated fence,that would explain the thinking. I certainly don't live in a gated fence. Quite the contrary, and I'm very familiar with people in need, as I've spent many years in third world countries. That taught me it's possible to live with $100 a month. You don't live the way Americans or people from Western people are used to, but it's possible, and without turning to crime. |
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If BTC can disrupt Goldman Sachs, that's good. Just another reason to support BTC!
They're not scared yet, but I hope they will be in a few years.
BTC was invented to giver more financial power to the people, the banks will lose.
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